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This morning, after dropping off DS at school, I made a coffee and gas run before heading across town to work. Get there, park at the pump, walk inside with my mug to fill and pay for the gas. This takes place at the coffee dispensers and the bar where there are cream and sugar, flavorings, etc.

Man: Are you going to make my coffee for me?Me: (After I realized he was talking to me) NoMan: Continuing to talk (I ignore him)Man: Can I give you my number? You have very pretty feet.Me: No (this is where I stop responding altogether)Man: Continuing to talk and to mention my feet

What could I have done to make this stop? Anything? I frequent that place often and this is the first I have experienced something like this.

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“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost."-J.R.R Tolkien

This morning, after dropping off DS at school, I made a coffee and gas run before heading across town to work. Get there, park at the pump, walk inside with my mug to fill and pay for the gas. This takes place at the coffee dispensers and the bar where there are cream and sugar, flavorings, etc.

Man: Are you going to make my coffee for me?Me: (After I realized he was talking to me) NoMan: Continuing to talk (I ignore him)Man: Can I give you my number? You have very pretty feet.Me: No (this is where I stop responding altogether)Man: Continuing to talk and to mention my feet

What could I have done to make this stop? Anything? I frequent that place often and this is the first I have experienced something like this.

Go to the clerk and tell them what happened and if the Man shows up again you want them to call the police.

This morning, after dropping off DS at school, I made a coffee and gas run before heading across town to work. Get there, park at the pump, walk inside with my mug to fill and pay for the gas. This takes place at the coffee dispensers and the bar where there are cream and sugar, flavorings, etc.

Man: Are you going to make my coffee for me?Me: (After I realized he was talking to me) NoMan: Continuing to talk (I ignore him)Man: Can I give you my number? You have very pretty feet.Me: No (this is where I stop responding altogether)Man: Continuing to talk and to mention my feet

What could I have done to make this stop? Anything? I frequent that place often and this is the first I have experienced something like this.

Go to the clerk and tell them what happened and if the Man shows up again you want them to call the police.

What could the Police do, the guy was creepy, but there is no law against that.

This morning, after dropping off DS at school, I made a coffee and gas run before heading across town to work. Get there, park at the pump, walk inside with my mug to fill and pay for the gas. This takes place at the coffee dispensers and the bar where there are cream and sugar, flavorings, etc.

Man: Are you going to make my coffee for me?Me: (After I realized he was talking to me) NoMan: Continuing to talk (I ignore him)Man: Can I give you my number? You have very pretty feet.Me: No (this is where I stop responding altogether)Man: Continuing to talk and to mention my feet

What could I have done to make this stop? Anything? I frequent that place often and this is the first I have experienced something like this.

Go to the clerk and tell them what happened and if the Man shows up again you want them to call the police.

What could the Police do, the guy was creepy, but there is no law against that.

This morning, after dropping off DS at school, I made a coffee and gas run before heading across town to work. Get there, park at the pump, walk inside with my mug to fill and pay for the gas. This takes place at the coffee dispensers and the bar where there are cream and sugar, flavorings, etc.

Man: Are you going to make my coffee for me?Me: (After I realized he was talking to me) NoMan: Continuing to talk (I ignore him)Man: Can I give you my number? You have very pretty feet.Me: No (this is where I stop responding altogether)Man: Continuing to talk and to mention my feet

What could I have done to make this stop? Anything? I frequent that place often and this is the first I have experienced something like this.

Go to the clerk and tell them what happened and if the Man shows up again you want them to call the police.

What could the Police do, the guy was creepy, but there is no law against that.

There is a law against harassing people.

There are, but this wasn't harassment. If she had asked him to stop, and he persisted, or followed her when she walked away, then yes, it would be harrassment. But, it seems as if walking away shut him down.

In the future, I would look him straight in the eye and tell him not to speak to you, or tell him to stop talking. Alerting the clerk as to what he said would also be a good idea.

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I think the only legal involvement would be to notify the manager and the guy could be trespassed. He did stop following me around, but I could hear him continue to talk about me and my feet. I am completely baffled, but I left after paying and was so thankful that he was not in either of the cars to the side of mine.

I am just going with this being a strange, one time, event and I am not going to dwell on it. I did make eye contact each time I said no, but not after that.

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“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost."-J.R.R Tolkien

I definitely think it's odd, and would have made me uncomfortable, but I think the suggestion of getting police involved is way over the top. I don't see why a "Please stop talking to or about me, you are making me very uncomfortable" couldn't have been tried first, then reporting to the manager of the store if he continued.